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Community invited Friday to hear superintendent of schools candidates

Payson Unified School District (PUSD) has five finalists in its search for a replacement for retiring superintendent Casey O’Brien.
The five finalists have all held jobs as superintendents. The field includes only one candidate from Arizona, Beaver Creek superintendent Karin Ward, who lives in the Verde Valley. Out-of-state candidates include South Dakota State University adjunct professor Tim Creal; former Pike County superintendent Paul Roads from Indiana, East Washington School Corporation superintendent Cathy Egolf from Indiana and Multnomah Education Service District superintendent Ron Hitchcock from Oregon, who also served on the Mapleton city council.